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Saturday, September 22, 2012

I had some very close encounter with HEART PROBLEM at least that is what I thought..may be we will get some where..One of the US best heart surgeon who died few years back..was a Dr under whose name they built a what they call HEART CENTRE in Houston called DEBAKEY HEART CENTRE..I think, his death news reported he successfully performed at a minimum..100 if not more transplant before his death..

My issue was, I was having chest pain on the left side of my heart..this about AL GORE & BUSH election...I decided to stop by next door..FIRE STATION..well Fire Fighters are the Only republicans in Houston, three unions..they hold fund raising for GIULIANI at $40,000.00/plate, just imagine who affords those lunch..I guess their are many Donald Trumps..,

I approached one of the staff on duty see if they could do a test on me..they have these emergency EKG stuff, they hooked me up and looked at the data and said everything looks ok..if I wish to further investigate the issue..I should stop by near by Hospital..about this time I was working cleaning a CAR WASH..I had to spray some Chemicals one day...to clean the wall surface..with mask and etc on..

It was not only Pain in the left of heart...it was also as if I was going paralyses.as if some thing was running up and down through out my body...from my left thumb to right thumb..I started hearing voices and seeing things by then .....well it sayed you are not going to die, left thumb is AL GORE and right thumb was BUSH..tell how sophisticated is this...

Well then It bothered me enough that i decided to go to hospital..they hospitalized me with breathing problem associated with it....Dr kept me few days and ran few test ..a Pakistani Dr by shear luck..It was ANGIOPLASTI....SONOGRAM and Xrays...he at the end says he could not find anything everything came out normal...more as i go

Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart?Ans:1. Diet - Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil2. Exercise - Half an hour's walk, at least five days a week;

avoid lifts and avoid sitting for a longtime3. Quit smoking4. Control weight5. Control blood pressure and sugarQn: Is eating non-veg food (fish) good for the heart?Ans: NoQn: It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy

person gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in

perspective?Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend everyone

past the age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups.Qn: Are heart diseases hereditary?Ans: YesQn: What are the ways in which the heart is stressed? What

practices do you suggest to de-stress?Ans: Change your attitude towards life. Do not look for perfection

in everything in life.Qn: Is walking better than jogging or is more intensive exercise

required to keep a healthy heart?Ans: Walking is better than jogging since jogging leads too early

fatigue and injury to jointsQn: You have done so much for the poor and needy. What

has inspired you to do so?Ans: Mother Theresa, who was my patientQn: Can people with low blood pressure suffer heart diseases?Ans: Extremely rareQn: Does cholesterol accumulates right from an early age (I'm currently only 22) or do you have to worry about

it only after you are above 30 years of age?Ans: Cholesterol accumulates from childhood.Qn: How do irregular eating habits affect the heart?

Ans: You tend to eat junk food when the habits are irregular and

your body's enzyme release for digestion gets confused.

Qn: How can I control cholesterol content without using medicines?Ans: Control diet, walk and eat walnut.Qn: Can yoga prevent heart ailments?Ans: Yoga helps.Qn: Which is the best and worst food for the heart?Ans: Fruits and vegetables are the best and the worst is oil.Qn: Which oil is better - groundnut, sunflower, olive?Ans: All oils are bad.Qn: What is the routine checkup one should go through?

Is there any specific test?Ans: Routine blood test to ensure sugar, cholesterol is ok.

Check BP, Treadmill test after an echo.Qn: What are the first aid steps to be taken on a heart attack?Ans: Help the person into a sleeping position, place an aspirin

tablet under the tongue with a substrate tablet if available,

and rush him to a coronary care unit since the maximum

casualty takes place within the first hour.Qn: How do you differentiate between pain caused by a heart

attack and that caused due to gastric trouble?Ans: Extremely difficult without ECG.Qn: What is the main cause of a steep increase in heart

heart attacks than Europeans and Americans.Qn: Is it possible for a person to have BP outside the normal

range of 120/80 and yet be perfectly healthy?Ans: Yes.Qn: Marriages within close relatives can lead to heart

problems for the child. Is it true?Ans: Yes, co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities and

you may not have a software engineer as a child

Qn: Many of us have an irregular daily routine and many a

times we have to stay late nights in office. Does this

affect our heart? What precautions would you

recommend?Ans: When you are young, nature protects you against all these

irregularities. However, as you grow older, respect the

biological clock.Qn: Will taking anti-hypertensive drugs cause some other

complications (short / long term)?Ans: Yes, most drugs have some side effects. However, modern

anti-hypertensive drugs are extremely safe.Qn: Will consuming more coffee/tea lead to heart attacks?Ans: No.Qn: Are asthma patients more prone to heart disease?Ans: No.Qn: How would you define junk food?Ans: Fried food like Kentucky , McDonalds , samosas, and even

masala dosas.Qn: You mentioned that Indians are three times more vulnerable.

What is the reason for this, as Europeans and Americans also

eat a lot of junk food?Ans: Every race is vulnerable to some disease and unfortunately,

Indians are vulnerable for the most expensive disease.Qn: Does consuming bananas help reduce hypertension?Ans: No.Qn: Can a person help himself during a heart attack (Because

we see a lot of forwarded emails on this)?Ans: Yes. Lie down comfortably and put an aspirin tablet of any

description under the tongue and ask someone to take you

to the nearest coronary care unit without any delay and do

not wait for the ambulance since most of the time, the

ambulance does not turn up.Qn: Do, in any way, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin

count lead to heart problems?Ans: No. But it is ideal to have normal hemoglobin level to increase

your exercise capacity.Qn: Sometimes, due to the hectic schedule we are not able

to exercise. So, does walking while doing daily chores

at home or climbing the stairs in the house, work as

a substitute for exercise?Ans: Certainly. Avoid sitting continuously for more than half an

hour and even the act of getting out of the chair and going

to another chair and sitting helps a lot.Qn: Is there a relation between heart problems and blood sugar?Ans: Yes. A strong relationship since diabetics is more vulnerable

to heart attacks than non-diabetics.Qn: What are the things one needs to take care of after a

heart operation?Ans: Diet, exercise, drugs on time, Control cholesterol, BP, weight.Qn: Are people working on night shifts more vulnerable to

heart disease when compared to day shift workers?Ans: No.Qn: What are the modern anti-hypertensive drugs?